Case Studies in Biomedical Research Ethics

by Timothy F. Murphy

• ISBN13: 9780262134378
• ISBN10: 0262134373
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: MIT PRESS
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Summary

This textbook for instruction in biomedical research ethics can also serve as a valuable reference for professionals in the field of bioethics. The 149 cases included in the book are grouped in nine chapters, each of which covers a key area of debate in the field. Some of the case studies are classics, including the famous cases of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study (in which subjects with syphilis were not given treatment) and the Willowbrook hepatitis studies (in which institutionalized subjects were intentionally exposed to hepatitis). Others focus on such current issues as human embryonic stem cell research, cloning by somatic nuclear transfer, and the design and function of institutional review boards. Each chapter begins with a brief introduction that places the issues raised in context; this is followed by a number of cases (each of which is no more than a few pages). Study questions meant to encourage further discussion follow each case. After an introductory discussion of the history and tenets of ethics in medical research, the book's chapters cover the topics of oversight and study design; informed consent; the selection of subjects; conflicts of interest; the social effects of research; embryos, fetuses, and children; genetic research; the use of animals; and authorship and publication. Following these chapters are appendixes with the texts of the Nuremburg Code and the World Declaration of Geneva, two key documents in the establishment of bioethical standards for research. Also included are a glossary, a table of cases by general category, and an alphabetical listing of cases.

Author Biography

Timothy F. Murphy is Professor of Philosophy in the Biomedical Sciences, Department of Medical Education, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago and has been a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Ethics of the American Medical Association

Table of Contents

Series Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Cases by Chapter	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Oversight and Study Design	p. 13
Informed Consent	p. 53
Selection of Subjects	p. 91
Conflicts of Interest	p. 127
Social Effects of Research	p. 153
Embryos, Fetuses, and Children	p. 193
Genetic Research	p. 221
Use of Animals	p. 249
Authorship and Publication	p. 273
The Nuremberg Code	p. 307
The Declaration of Helsinki	p. 309
Glossary	p. 315
Cases by General Category	p. 319
Alphabetical List of Cases	p. 327
Index	p. 333
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